Marquette King Takes Shot at Travis Kelce After Taunting, Trash Talk
Oakland Raiders punter Marquette King took to Twitter to take a hilarious shot at Travis Kelce after their mini-feud on Thursday Night Football.
Marquette King has not been one to keep quiet on and off the field this season. Whether the Oakland Raiders punter is taunting, dancing or jawing after a nice boot or going on Twitter to be wholly entertaining, he’s been in the eye of many NFL fans in 2016. On Thursday Night Football, though, King and Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce began a bit of a mini-feud that’s resulted in all kinds of hilarity.
It all began in the second quarter of the Week 14 matchup when one of King’s punts was returned 78 yards for a touchdown by Tyreek Hill. Following the play, though, Kelce then taunted and mocked King’s dancing and celebrating by doing the “Pony” dance the punter has done several times this season. Following that, the two exchanged some words, though they did hug it out after the game.
While being interviewed following the Kansas City victory, Kelce offered his account of what was said, which was just a bit of trash talk about his dance moves:
“He told me I didn’t have any rhythm.”
— NFL (@NFL) December 9, 2016
“... Trust me, wait until I get in the end zone, i’ll show you some rhythm.” https://t.co/sfMIc89HDC
Of course, that wasn’t the only account of what was said. Sam Mellinger of the Kansas City Star reported after the game that a similar conversation to what Kelce described transpired:
Travis Kelce said Marquette King told him he had no rhythm. Kelce looked at him and said, "We both know that's a lie."
— Sam Mellinger (@mellinger) December 9, 2016
However, King had his own account—or at least he had a fantastic burn after the fact. The Oakland punter took to Twitter late on Thursday, quoting the tweet containing the video with Kelce explaining the trash talk. He then offered what he “said,” trolling Kelce in the process regarding his reality TV dating show:
Clearly this could just be King taking a shot and not actually what was said on the field. That doesn’t discount the humor in it at all.
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You’re obviously always going to have trash talk between players on rival teams. Moreover, that’s amplified when it’s in a huge divisional rivalry game. However, a mini-feud between a tight end and punter might be the most unlikely pairing of all-time. But if it continues to give us Kelce dancing and Twitter shots such as this, fans will certainly accept it and enjoy.